I Wanna Hold Your Hand

This is a discussion on I Wanna Hold Your Hand within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Yup, the guy has no idea just how stupid and dangerous his actions are. IMO, he's so lucky he hasn't been knocked to ground on ...

I really doubt this fellow would have been able to get close enough to me to do that before I noticed him. I got sucker punched from the back when I was about 14 and nobody gets close to me like that anymore. Thank goodness I still have excellent hearing and I use it (and the head on a swivel) when walking in crowds. That aside, if the guy did grab my hand I would think he was trying to do one of two things...control the hand or grab my wallet...both would be met with him getting a dislocated thumb as I reassess my failed situational awareness.

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As a funny aside: I have, in the past, more than once put my arm around a woman thinking she was my wife. It's always quite embarrassing.

There's a pretty blonde (Looks just like Mrs. Whec) in my town that drives the same car, whom I always mistake for her. I wave, beep horn, act stupid, etc.. only to realize that it's not my wife again...

Many moons ago my wife and I were at a party with some of her extended family. Everyone was drinking and laughing and having a great time. When it was time to go, I turned and gave her a little love tap on her back side and said, "OK hun, time to get in the truck." Her sister then turned around and said, "Wow, OK, but you might want to go tell (insert my wife's name here) over there." They looked a lot alike...especially from the back...and at night...outside...after a bunch of Wild Turkey shots. So, I went over to my wife this time and repeated the same procedure. Then I told her what happened. She thought it was hilarious (that must have been the Wild Turkey laughing). FWIW, we had a DD...and they don't really look much alike anymore.

I surely hope he does not continue to do this kind of thing. Somewhere along the line he is going to get his jaw broken with a well-placed elbow or fist and he deserves it. Bottom line--you cannot put your hands on anyone--it is simple assault.

As a general rule in most martial arts, you learn to match the response to the threat.

In this video experiment, the guy matches the target's stride, matches the rate of arm-swing, and then attempts to hold the target's hand. In the realm of non-threatening behavior, this is pretty much a .5 on a scale of 1 to 100.

Notice that in almost every case, the "defenders" just pull their hand away. Here, that's a sufficient defense. No broken jaws, no snapped elbows, and certainly no gunfire required.